To the Shores of Tripoli

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone, with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper.

A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Set and shot on location in San Diego, California.

Red titled wrappers, noted as REVISED FINAL, rubber-stamped copy No. 37 and production No. 701, dated OCTOBER 29, 1941. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated October 29, 1941, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 163 leaves, with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

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